Kampfinsel
| Author | parzivalt |
| Play | kampfinsel.com |
| HN Thread | Show HN: Kampfinsel |
| HN Points | 38 |
| Date Added | 2026-04-12 |
| Tags | browser, free |
About
Kampfinsel is a slow, text-heavy island strategy game in the spirit of the early-2000s German browser games like Inselkampf and Travian. You build up an island, mine gold and stone, cut wood, raise armies, and send fleets across an ocean grid that takes hours to cross. Join an alliance, coordinate attacks, capture fortresses — and try to still be standing weeks later.
No magic, no gunpowder — just ballistas, fire pots, and slow ships. Three resources: gold, stone, wood. No premium currency, no pay-to-win.
The whole thing runs on Cloudflare's edge with no origin server: Workers for game logic, D1 for the database, Durable Objects for per-island state and the tick system, KV and R2 for the rest. Server-rendered HTML, a parchment palette, no frontend framework, no build step. Currently live in 7 languages with real players and active alliances.
There's a small but active community on Discord and r/kampfinsel, mostly people coordinating alliances and sending feedback. Come say hi.